Traditional Zanzibar Cooking Class including Spice Tour

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88% of guests rated this experience 4 stars or higher

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4.5

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Recommended by 88% travellers

88% of guests rated this experience 4 stars or higher

4.5 (16)

Recommended by 88% travellers

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Location

Kusini Pemba

Duration

4 hours 30 minutes

Group size

Max 10 guests

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible, Stroller Accessible

Language

English, French, Spanish, Italian, German

Location

Kusini Pemba

Duration

4 hours 30 minutes

Group size

Max 10 guests

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible, Stroller Accessible

Language

English, French, Spanish, Italian, German

Why travelers loved this

4.5

•16 reviews

US$71.84 per guest

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Earliest Date Available: November 12, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

Free CancellationCancel for free up to 1 day before your experience

Food for HappinessFor every guest in your booking, we donate 10 meals to children around the world

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Zanzibar is also called the “Spice Island”, besides the beautiful beaches and parks, it offers a unique tour of various types of aromatic spices, also known as “The Spice Tour”. Even though these Zanzibar spices like Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Cardamon are commonly used and we all know their taste, hardly anyone would be able to identify them in wild nature. This tour is a unique highlight and absolute must if you want to learn more about the origin of the spices and the traditional food of Zanzibar.

Private transportation

Lunch

All Fees and Taxes

In-vehicle air conditioning

Air-conditioned vehicle

We start our half day trip at 09:30 in the morning and drive together to one of our carefully selected spice farms located in Kizimbani,15 kilometers northeast of Stonetown. You will get a guided Tour through the Spice Farm including the amazing smell and taste of the several spices and fruits. You will also find the most important Spices that you need for our traditional cooking class of the local cuisine. After the Spice tour, a local woman will show and teach you how to prepare and cook the traditional food and you will enjoy your homemade meal together. At ca. 2 o’clock we make our way back to Stonetown or the Hotel.

MAIN

Traditional Spice Pilau Rice

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Cooked Bananas with Coconut Milk

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Grilled Fish or Chicken

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Spinach with Coconut Milk

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Traditional Coconut Sauce

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Pickup Details

We can also arrange a Transfer from the whole part of the Island for your tour with extra costs.

Meeting Point

Old Fort, Mizingani Road, Mjini Mjini Magharibi Region, Tanzania, TZ

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We will meet infront of the Old Fort in Stonetown.

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Start Time / Opening Hours

08/09/2019 - 29/11/2027

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SUNDAY

09:00 - 18:00

Free cancellation

For experiences with opening hours, the cancellation deadline is 1 day before the earliest opening time on the scheduled date.

No refund within 1 day of the experience or no-shows.

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Lena_LJuly 2026 • Viator

Wonderful experience and highly knowledgeable guide

My husband and I had a great experience with Splash Tours. The owner Abdi picked us up on time at the hotel and walked us to the car. Our driver then took us to the spice farm, where our guide Hassan provided a thorough and insightful tour, sharing the history of Zanzibar and of the various spices as well as their uses and benefits. He also answered my many questions and told us a lot about the many peoples and cultured that have shaped the archipelago and the country. We smelled and picked diff...read more

ReginiceCMarch 2025 • TripAdvisor

Great tour!

This was a lovely experience! We had an on-time pickup. We enjoyed exploring, learning, smelling, and tasting the spices of Mtausa Spice Farm. And even more we enjoyed cooking as a group; our dishes turned out great! My only suggestion is that the listing be updated to say “hotel pickup for a fee, if outside of Stonetown” there was a bit of confusion with if it was included or not in the beginning. All said, we enjoyed the experience, and I would recommend.

Reginice_CMarch 2025 • Viator

Great tour!

231MarkRJanuary 2025 • TripAdvisor

Zanzibar, Stone Town and the people.

Zanzibar, though 80% Muslim, could not have been more welcoming to us for the Christian holiday of Christmas. We ate out on the streets all the time, for dinner also, and the two cooking classes we did, one at a Spice Farm and one in Stone Town, were the best. All great people and great fun. Maru Maru Hotel was in the perfect location, in Stone Town, and the rooms, view, food, were great and the staff were unbeatable. Really, they were. Mark Ross

Regine_AJuly 2022 • Viator

Cours de cuisine chez l...

Cours de cuisine chez l habitant un vrai moment de partage, accueil tres chaleureux, nous avons tous adoré .sans oublier la visite de la ferme avec la découverte des épices, très instructif . Le guide et le chauffeur étaient également très bien